Phew, what a day! Have just been writing up an instruction sheet for a Woven "shamballa" style bracelet kit. It always sounds perfectly logical when you explain something but as soon as you put it down on paper it all sounds really wrong. Anyway, it's all done now, have not looked on the web so as not to copy (subconsciously) someone else's writing style. All I need to do now is add illustrations, this will be the fun bit- I'm still not sure whether I should draw them out or have step-by-step photographs.....
I will be -hopefully- selling these kits on sunday at my demonstration at Hobbycraft in Ventura Park, Tamworth, Staffordshire. I'm on from 11-3pm, so please come and see me, have a go at macramé or just have a little chat.
Better get ready now, attending an Espadrille workshop at COW in Birmingham this evening and still lots to finish off here. I will be posting a pic of my new shoes, so watch this space!!
xxxerika
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Sunday, 20 May 2012
Very happy....!
So, this week I simply walked into a lovely childrens boutique-shop just up the road from where I work to enquire whether they would be interested in selling my jewellery. How pleased and surprised was I when they said "Yes"!!!
Well, it wasn`t quite as quick as I make out. Obviously it is a bit suspicious when some strange woman walks into your shop trying to sell you something. I made sure I had plenty of samples and simply laid everything out on the counter. I also made sure that the style of my pieces was right for the shop,which is called Mooch kids ( www.moochkids.com ) they sell brands like Joules, Lilly and Sid, etc. so the colours had to be vibrant but the actual piece not too fussy and fun to wear. I went for lots of natural cord which I kotted and paired it with my own colourful Lampwork beads. Apart from bracelets I also did a few necklaces which I platted or knotted. Again, I kept the thread in natural tones but attached some handmade Dinosaur pendants.
Sally, the owner, was really nice and I was very pleased that someone else got excited about my beads and jewellery!
A few pics of what they looked like:
Quite pleased, hope they sell!!
xxxxerika
Well, it wasn`t quite as quick as I make out. Obviously it is a bit suspicious when some strange woman walks into your shop trying to sell you something. I made sure I had plenty of samples and simply laid everything out on the counter. I also made sure that the style of my pieces was right for the shop,which is called Mooch kids ( www.moochkids.com ) they sell brands like Joules, Lilly and Sid, etc. so the colours had to be vibrant but the actual piece not too fussy and fun to wear. I went for lots of natural cord which I kotted and paired it with my own colourful Lampwork beads. Apart from bracelets I also did a few necklaces which I platted or knotted. Again, I kept the thread in natural tones but attached some handmade Dinosaur pendants.
Sally, the owner, was really nice and I was very pleased that someone else got excited about my beads and jewellery!
A few pics of what they looked like:
Quite pleased, hope they sell!!
xxxxerika
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Guess what I've made....!
Don't think that's a difficult one....it's more owls!!!
I've used some millefiori chips as eyes and I think it really works!! My brother remarked :" I feel hypnotized looking at them!" I think they look slightly dizzy.
I've made some owl beads before but the hole went through crossways at the top, these are slightly quicker to make. I have a huge amount of millefiori so there will be more owls coming soon!
More news: My etsy shop is officially open! At the moment there is only one item for sale, but I'm aiming to add more, something like one item per week. So, it should fill up nicely! The shop itself should look a bit more inviting soon, I'm just thinking about an image to use for the banner....something non-owly perhaps...otherwise I might get a reputation!!
My etsy shop is here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/erikaschrinner
xxxx
erika
I've made some owl beads before but the hole went through crossways at the top, these are slightly quicker to make. I have a huge amount of millefiori so there will be more owls coming soon!
More news: My etsy shop is officially open! At the moment there is only one item for sale, but I'm aiming to add more, something like one item per week. So, it should fill up nicely! The shop itself should look a bit more inviting soon, I'm just thinking about an image to use for the banner....something non-owly perhaps...otherwise I might get a reputation!!
My etsy shop is here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/erikaschrinner
xxxx
erika
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Owl beads...and brooches
Almost a fortnight since my last blog....must try and, bla bla bla, I really do sound like a broken record....
Anyway, have made good progress with my macramé owl brooches and owl beads, for sale by next week. Have, I think, solved the postage issue, well it's all going up in price by monday so I have to make sure it's accurate. Decided to go with first class and proof of posting rather than signed for, you never know why things go missing.
Thinking of writing the brooches up as kits and selling them that way, they will be cheaper and should be quite quick to put together, need to find out how to do that on the computer. Might be faster if I draw it all out by hand....!
Right, better get that chicken in the oven...
xxx
erika
Anyway, have made good progress with my macramé owl brooches and owl beads, for sale by next week. Have, I think, solved the postage issue, well it's all going up in price by monday so I have to make sure it's accurate. Decided to go with first class and proof of posting rather than signed for, you never know why things go missing.
Thinking of writing the brooches up as kits and selling them that way, they will be cheaper and should be quite quick to put together, need to find out how to do that on the computer. Might be faster if I draw it all out by hand....!
Right, better get that chicken in the oven...
xxx
erika
Friday, 13 April 2012
Getting there....
Well, slowly I'm getting closer to putting my first item on Etsy - have created a shop but at the mo there's nothing in it!
Anyway, here is a preview of my first item, I still have to do the write up, make sure everything is linked up correctly and then hope that my pieces sell!!!
....hm? I think I have to photograph this again, looks so much nicer in reality....
xxxe
Anyway, here is a preview of my first item, I still have to do the write up, make sure everything is linked up correctly and then hope that my pieces sell!!!
....hm? I think I have to photograph this again, looks so much nicer in reality....
xxxe
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Some owls....and a horse!
Can't believe I'm actually posting 2 messages in one day!
I made the owls quite a while ago, I had to wait for hours in this little room at Pinewood's, so to pass the time I just played around with some wire and this is the result!
They are both only prototypes and I'm not yet sure when and how and where they will come into any of my pieces but I'm thinking they would be great for a workshop, fairly easy to make once you have managed to control the thick wire that creates the owl outline....
They are about 5cm long and 2.5cm wide, so I suppose they could be used as a pendant or maybe a brooch?
I think the reason why designers like using owls is because they are instantly recognisable....it must be the eyes!
Now I haven't made a horse out of wire-yet- but a simple little necklace for one of my nieces who likes horse riding. I found this lovely horse charm and rather than getting a sparkly silver one I went for the burnished gold one. Teamed up with a few carefully chosen beads I think this looks rather nice!
Well, that's it from me for now,
xxxe
I made the owls quite a while ago, I had to wait for hours in this little room at Pinewood's, so to pass the time I just played around with some wire and this is the result!
They are both only prototypes and I'm not yet sure when and how and where they will come into any of my pieces but I'm thinking they would be great for a workshop, fairly easy to make once you have managed to control the thick wire that creates the owl outline....
Now I haven't made a horse out of wire-yet- but a simple little necklace for one of my nieces who likes horse riding. I found this lovely horse charm and rather than getting a sparkly silver one I went for the burnished gold one. Teamed up with a few carefully chosen beads I think this looks rather nice!
Well, that's it from me for now,
xxxe
It's been a long time......
Feeling a bit guilty for writing so infrequently, maybe I should make a second new year's resolution and promise myself to be a more active blogger....!
Have been playing around with some ideas...not sure where they will go but I have quite a few PMC pieces and I am thinking about how to best combine them with Macramé, there is a pic here for you...I've used C-Lon on one side (with some small beads) and some cotton thonging on the other side. I think it could look quite good with some plain black leather, wrapped round the wrist twice....just a thought.
Oh, and very exciting news! The new trailer for the Dark Shadows movie is out!!!! May the 11th is the release date, I was quite pleased to see my macramé borders on the placemats used in the Dining room scene, especially the one where they show JD from the front and they are in full view; oh and not to forget the napkinrings..... I can't believe how long they took to make....that's the thing with macramé...if you're making a wallhanging or placemat it takes so long to mount all your cords....Anyway watch the trailer on YouTube!!!
xxxe
Have been playing around with some ideas...not sure where they will go but I have quite a few PMC pieces and I am thinking about how to best combine them with Macramé, there is a pic here for you...I've used C-Lon on one side (with some small beads) and some cotton thonging on the other side. I think it could look quite good with some plain black leather, wrapped round the wrist twice....just a thought.
Oh, and very exciting news! The new trailer for the Dark Shadows movie is out!!!! May the 11th is the release date, I was quite pleased to see my macramé borders on the placemats used in the Dining room scene, especially the one where they show JD from the front and they are in full view; oh and not to forget the napkinrings..... I can't believe how long they took to make....that's the thing with macramé...if you're making a wallhanging or placemat it takes so long to mount all your cords....Anyway watch the trailer on YouTube!!!
xxxe
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